Researchers Make Key Observation about Animal Behavior Patterns
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 19:49
in Biology & Nature
Northeastern University and MIT researchers have observed--for the first time--the origin of a mass gathering and the subsequent migration of hundreds of millions of animals. Utilizing a new imaging technology invented by the researchers, they were able to instantaneously image and continuously monitor entire shoals of fish containing hundreds of millions of individuals stretching for tens of kilometers off Georges Bank near Boston.